On Fridays we play around with the Five
Minute Friday meme. Here's today's musings:
The race is to the swift.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Most races involve
single-mindedly following one course of action in a manner which
makes the runner complete the course ahead of all other runners.
Success in this type of race involves choices by the runner based on
choices by other runners. It can be as much reactive as proactive.
There are other
kinds of races, though—the kinds where the runner is expected to
accomplish a set list of tasks issued by the race organizers. Those
tasks can be the same as others, or they can be comparable.
While both involve
competition, which is a more apt metaphor for life? Should I scheme
to shoulder ahead of my fellow competitors, or should I work to
accomplish the tasks set before me by the Great Race Organizer?
I'm going with the
latter. When Paul talks about running “the good race,” I do not
think he meant that he pushed himself to pre-eminence; I cannot help
but think that he viewed his own personal race course—fraught with
obstacles—to have been completed according to God's direction.
So, no more looking
over my shoulder. I'm running the course God has set out for me.
Lead me, Lord.
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